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She was captured by a [[Saracen]] band led by [[El Akir]], she had the strength of mind to survive this as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'')
She was captured by a [[Saracen]] band led by [[El Akir]], she had the strength of mind to survive this as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'')


[[File:1st Doctor and companions.jpg|thumb|left|Barbara with the Doctor and the others in 1868 ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'')]]
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki then travelled to [[1868]], where they attended a [[lecture]] by [[Thomas Huxley]]. The four of them travelled into the [[London Underground]] to investigate a group of missing students and discovered that the Zarbi had populated themselves in the there. Travelling further into the sewers, they found the [[Animus]], who had reformed itself and had moved to [[Earth]] to take revenge on the human race. Ian was able to kill it by driving a [[train]] into it. The Doctor and his companions prepared to leave, but the Doctor discovered that his companions were missing, having been pulled out of time by [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'')
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki then travelled to [[1868]], where they attended a [[lecture]] by [[Thomas Huxley]]. The four of them travelled into the [[London Underground]] to investigate a group of missing students and discovered that the Zarbi had populated themselves in the there. Travelling further into the sewers, they found the [[Animus]], who had reformed itself and had moved to [[Earth]] to take revenge on the human race. Ian was able to kill it by driving a [[train]] into it. The Doctor and his companions prepared to leave, but the Doctor discovered that his companions were missing, having been pulled out of time by [[Adam Mitchell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'')


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When Barbara and her friends landed near [[Sonning Palace]], the Doctor asked her to use her historical expertise to guess where they were. She was slightly disappointed at being in the reign of [[Henry IV]]. She spent her time making some clothing for the Doctor. She later went on a pilgrimage with the Doctor to [[Canterbury]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'')
When Barbara and her friends landed near [[Sonning Palace]], the Doctor asked her to use her historical expertise to guess where they were. She was slightly disappointed at being in the reign of [[Henry IV]]. She spent her time making some clothing for the Doctor. She later went on a pilgrimage with the Doctor to [[Canterbury]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doctor's Tale (audio story)|The Doctor's Tale]]'')


She was the first to realise that she and Ian might be able to return home in the [[Dalek time machine]]. Determined to get home, she was willing to risk her life in the Dalek ship. On returning home, Barbara and Ian were thrilled to have safely arrived. Once they had left the Dalek ship, and it had self-destructed, the two friends realised that they had some explaining to do, as they had arrived home in [[1965]] — two years after they had left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') Barbara and Ian claimed to have been missionaries in Africa to account for the time gap, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') an explanation that was not readily accepted. As Barbara grew more fed up with having to offer excuses, she openly told the headmaster the truth about her and Ian's travels with the Doctor, mentioning several alien species by name. The outburst caused her to be put on leave for a time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'')
[[File:Lon-don nine-teen sixty-five.jpg|thumb|right|Barbara and Ian, in their own time once more ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')]]
Following the [[Mechonoid Incident]], she was the first to realise that she and Ian might be able to return home in [[Dalek time machine (The Chase)|the Dalek time machine]]. Determined to get home, she was willing to risk her life in the Dalek ship. On returning home, Barbara and Ian were thrilled to have safely arrived. Once they had left the Dalek ship, and it had self-destructed, the two friends realised that they had some explaining to do, as they had arrived home in [[1965]] — two years after they had left. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') Barbara and Ian claimed to have been missionaries in Africa to account for the time gap, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') an explanation that was not readily accepted. As Barbara grew more fed up with having to offer excuses, she openly told the headmaster the truth about her and Ian's travels with the Doctor, mentioning several alien species by name. The outburst caused her to be put on leave for a time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[After the Daleks (audio story)|After the Daleks]]'')


=== Life after the Doctor ===
=== Life after the Doctor ===
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